Need help with putting this Desktop together please

[Birdguy83]

Hello,

Im new to this forum and have been out of gaming on desktops for about 4 years now. I finally have the money to build one and wanted input if these parts were a good combination. Have a look.

Processor - i7-2600k 4x3.4ghz (10% OC)
Cooling - Liquid CPU cooling system (ARC Dual Fans)
Memory - 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3-1866
Video Card - GTX 570 1.2GB
Motherboard - [SLI] Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 -- 3x PCI-E 2.0 x16, Lucid Virtu Technology
SSD Cache - 30 GB Kingston SSDNow V Series
Power Supply - 1000 Watt -- CoolerMaster RSA00-AMBAJ3-US
Hard Drive - 2 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive - 24X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive
Network Card - Killer Xeno Pro Gaming Network Card
Operating System - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Any suggestions on this build I would appreciate. I want a gaming computer to last me 3-5 years. Right now this is just over $1500. I like to play my games on highest settings possible and would be happy with 35-50 fps.

Thanks

 

[jadinolf]

Hang in there.

I would love an i7 processor.

Someone (or many) will be along.

 

[Phil L]

This should go into General Hardware. Additionally, it would be helpful if you can supply more details (e.g. time to purchase, screen resolution, brand/oc preference, types of game you are playing/want to play, etc.). Follow the format in this sticky http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=80121 to make it easier for others to help you.

That said, here are some preliminary thoughts:

- i7 for gaming is not really advantageous over i5. An i5-2500(k) would be better option economically.

- Sandy Bridge does not scale much with faster ram (a few %, see Anandtech front page article for today in fact). Therefore I think there is not much point paying for DDR3-1866 premium. DDR-1333 would do just fine.

- 1000W psu? SLI 2xGTX 570 do not use that much power. A solid psu in 650w+ is more than enough I do believe (and ~450w single card I think). It's not clear to me if you want to SLI though, or if your are running multi-monitors and/or at high enough resolution for that to be needed. It may pay off more performance/cost-wise in the long run to buy mid-range GPU every 2~3 years instead, depending on your situation.

Hopefully a Mod will move this to General Hardware for you soon. There are many people with way more experience than I that can help you there.

 

[oynaz]

I would:

Drop the liquid cooling and get a decent mid-to-high end air based system instead.
Go for DDR-1333
Get a midrange mobo.
Get a quality ~500W PSU
Drop the Killer NIC
See the overclock as a bonus. If you can overclock 10%, fine. But it won't make a big difference today anyway.
Consider an AMD 6950 card instead. Runs cooler, and is sometimes cheaper

This will shave about 500$ of your build. You can use this money to upgrade down the line. This way, your 1500$ will last for 3-5 years of gaming with lots of eye candy.

 

[Puppies04]

I would:

Drop the liquid cooling and get a decent mid-to-high end air based system instead.
Go for DDR-1333
Get a midrange mobo.
Get a quality ~500W PSU
Drop the Killer NIC
See the overclock as a bonus. If you can overclock 10%, fine. But it won't make a big difference today anyway.
Consider an AMD 6950 card instead. Runs cooler, and is sometimes cheaper

This will shave about 500$ of your build. You can use this money to upgrade down the line. This way, your 1500$ will last for 3-5 years of gaming with lots of eye candy.

This. But with the price difference i would look at DDR-1600. The performance upgrade may be small but so is the price increase. Spend $20 on an aftermarket cooler (hyper 212 gets v good write ups) and 4.5ghz will be easy to achieve.

 

[Sephire]

Liquid cooling is reduntant.

 

[TemjinGold]

What these guys said. I would use the cash you save to get a MUCH better and bigger SSD.

 

[Birdguy83]

Thank you for all the info.

I think I might go with Phil L suggestions.

Sorry i put this in the wrong forum. Ill read some of the sticky's